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SW1200RSu 1242

 

 

SW1200RSu

CP 1242

 

 

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CP 1242 AT CALGARY, AB.

 

Built by : GMD

Built in : 1959 as CP 8145

Serial Number : A 1745

Class : DS-12

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Multimark

This Photo : Claude Prutton, 1982

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. CP 8145, painted in the Maroon & Grey "Block" paint scheme. Photographer, date and location unknown. From the Bill Sanderson collection;

2. CP 1242 at Thunder Bay, ON., painted in the CP Rail no-Multimark paint scheme. Photo by Bill Sanderson, 1992.

 

Paint Data : CP Rail Multimark (Multimark on hood) > CP Rail no-Multimark

 

Notes : Built by GMD as SW1200RS #8145 (1959). Rebuilt by CP as SW1200RSu and renumbered to #1242 (1982). Sold to Louis Dreyfus Corp. (8/28/1998). Renumbered to LDCX #2002, and assigned to Tisdale, SK.

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